Chag HaBanot 3940 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7701
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7701 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.
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Dates for Chag HaBanot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 3937 | 1 Tevet 7698 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3939 | 30 Kislev 7699 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3939 | 30 Kislev 7700 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3940 | 30 Kislev 7701 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3942 | 1 Tevet 7702 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3942 | 30 Kislev 7703 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3944 | 30 Kislev 7704 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 3944 | 30 Kislev 7705 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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